Cushion-heel for shoes.



' W. M'. SCHOLL. CUSHION HEEL FOR SHOES. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, i915.

Pitented Mar; 7, 1916.

JwrLLiAM m, SGHQLL, or enrcneo, ILLINOIS.

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fl i arzaeml V I I allwho m it may concern: fa citizen of -the United States, residing at Chicago, inthecounty ofCook" and State of "Illinois, ful Improvements in Cushion-Heels for cation. i v y i {My invention relates to improvements in U a cushion heels for shoes, and has among its 1 objects to provide a heel the cushioning effect of Whichiismodifiedfin' a localized area, for decreased resiliency,gandthe'sun g face of which is preferably modified for increasedvfrictional qualities. i

In the drawings wherein Ihaveillustrated j is aside elevationof a fragment of a shoe, a showing my heel attachedthereto; Fig. 2 is albottomelevation thereof; Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. is a detail ,ofapo'stF a 10 indicates inygeneralxa shoe, of which 111 isthe heel-base of leather, usually corn,- posed of-several lifts, to which thefcushion cushioning heel: structure generally indicatedby the numeral 12, consists of a rubber I body 13 nailed or otherwise secured to the heel foundation and constitutingthetrcad surface ofmthe shoe heellr v While the resiliency of the rubber, heel greatly promotes the comfort of the-wearer,by lessening shock of impacts, giving a springy' "tread, andvthe like, it is notwithout harmful tendency,particularly in the instance of per sons who are afflicted with fallen-arch or fiat fOot-tendency, or who wear corrective 1 appliances or insteparch supports for prevention. or correction of such ailments. The heel portion ofthe rubber-heeled shoe, yield-- f ing as an ertirety, tends topermit shifting strains "to be ihrown'upon the foot of the wearer that enhance the tendency of the bones to spread, and theusual all-resilient heel-element afi'ords no relatively unyield ing (as compared'withthe-rubber} foundae tion uponwhi'ch the instep-archsuppori: may find adequate bearing. 1 I y I 1 1 Int'ne embodiment of my inventionl pro- TI vide in the rubber heel body 13 an embedded =preferablyextending through and through jtl16,lllbb8ff0lf "exposure on both surfaces -the'reof; Such post I locate, preferably, "atthe'inner forward portion, of the heel ele- 1 Specification of Letters Patent. I

Be it known that i, mna nscaott,

have invented certain new and use jShoes, of which :thefollowingisa specifiw anembodiment of my? invention Figure l heel element or little to be applied. The

i ,strut or post 14 ,pre;o'=:ably made ofleather,

Patented Mar. a, 1916.

Application filed May 29, 1915'. Serial No. 31,136.

ment,so that it underlies the forward inner portion of the os-calis, andwhereon the ordinary arch support (suggestively illus-- trated indotted lines at A rests at its rear end. Thus the embedded leather post 14: N

form substantially a continuation of the stifi ileather foundation structure to a localized 'portion of the heel element taking from it much of-its elasticity as well as varying the constituent of its wearing surface.

I In mechanical construction I prefer to make the leather post oval, and to provide it riphery, whereby when such post is embed died in the rubber, it is firmly held against dispalcement, I i

It will be apparent'to those skilled in the art that, since the leather has frictional qualities different from those of the rubber, and ten'dsto hold frictionally in some situations where rubber will slip (as upon wet stone, and the like) my improved construction gives to the heel advantageous anti-slipping qualities, as well as-its advantageous localized stiffness.

While 'I have detail a particular embodiment'ofmy invention .it willbe apparent to those skilled in the art that changes might be made in the details thereof without departure from'the' with a groove 15 extending around its peherein described in some spirit of my invention and within the scope of the appended claims.-

Having described my invention, What I claimis: 2' a, r 1. A cushion-heel element having localized compartive-rigidity, and general comparative-resiliency, comprisinga relatively.

resilient body and relatively rigid means incorporated in the, body, said means-wholly local to an area at the front, inner portion thereof.

2.'-A cushion-heel element having localized comparative-rigidity and general comparative-resiliency, comprising a body I and a relatively rigid structure incorporated in to face and wholly localti'i" an area at the front inner portion of the'body, the body encompassing said means being of rubber and oi substantially l uniform,

great resiliency.

13.,A cushiorrheel element for shoes comprising a leather post of substantially the --the body extending therethfrough from face relatively:

i stantially uniform depth and resiliency encompassing said post, whereby the relative stiffness or the post is local to a relatively small area of the entire element.

- 4:. In a cushion-heel elementythe combination of a rubber body and a single post of material less resilient than the rubber embedded in said rubber body, said post extending through the body vertically from face to face of the rubber for contact with the shoe heel foundation with the ground,

said post local to arela-tively small area at the front inner portion of the element.

5. A cushion-heel element, having the for yvard inner portion thereof formed of a nonresilient material giv ng substantially support at such area,

rigid the remainder of said hand in the presence of two subscribing Wll3-.

IIQSSQS.

WILLIAM M. SCHOLL.

In the presence of STANLEY W. Coon, MARY ALLEN. 

